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This chapter reflects on a number of methodological issues that have significantly impacted the shape of the study. Firstly, I sketch a “roadmap” of the journey I went through in conceptualising, conducting, and writing up the study. I wish to show not just the final product but, more importantly, how and why the study has become its current form. Reflexivity and positionality provide useful lenses for reflecting on this research process.
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Liang (梁), S. (2015). Language Attitudes in Heteroglossia: Methodological Reflections. In: Language Attitudes and Identities in Multilingual China. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-12619-7_11
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